News & Views

22nd Feb, 2019

Human Rights Committee on sentencing of Mothers

Shona Minson speaks on the right to family life for children whose mothers are in prison

By Stuart Harrington

The Human Rights Committee sat on 20th February to take witness testimony from a panel of experts including Shona Minson on the issues around how children's rights should be considered when passing sentence on their Mothers. The entire session can be seen on parlimentlive.tv.